The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-03-24
CORREsPONDENCE,
WAsHrHGToN. d. C. Marcel

Editor HERALD:
The people Of Washington are locking for.
ward to the National Drill which is to take
place In Nay, with great interest At least
thirty -six states viii be represented by some
Of their best military organizations, and ali
the indicat' oRs point 10 a grand affair. The
carnival, how ever. which 1t was proposed
should take rlace at the close of the drill,
has been postponed until October. It:was de.
cided than there would not be sufficient time
DOW before the drill to make the prepare
tions necessary for carrying out carnival
on the magnificent scale that is contem-
plated.
During the week Washington has had some
Of those national conventions for which 1t is
fsmed these day. and With which IL is sell
do. without. The most important. proba.
bly,. was held In the lecture hall of the Ma.
tional Museum and was q gathering OF peda-
gcgues from all parts Of the country. They
exchanged experiences and opir ions, made
speeches and read papers OF practical inter-
est and value. discussed industrial education
and explained why they met at the National
Capitol this year, and would meet here for
many years to come. to discuss national
questions.
of superintendence, Mr.. Young, of Nevada.
after referring TO Washington's plan for a
national university In this city, said the
only inspiration of the last session of Con-
gress seemed to be millions for defense. but
not one cent for education" Not even the
cornerstone OF washinston's ideal universi-
ty had been laid. He said there might soon
be demand for national normal school
The slate institutions could not meet the de-
maud for trained teachers. He referred to
the work carried on by existing scientific
bureaux Of the Government, and asked If
there was any better reason for aiding such
science than for promoting the science of
pedagogy.
The fate of the Blair bill was referred TO as
. defeat of the will OF the people, and the
statement was made that there are new six
millions of our people who can neither read
nor write. This condition would exist until
aid was afforded by the gentlemen who as.
semblsd at the Capitol. The expenditures
for public education In France, Germany,
Holland and other countries were cited TO
prove that there was nothing their history
against government Aid to the national nur-
series OF science and learning.
Before this letter reaches you the Inter.
State Commerce Commission will probably
be completed and the names made known.
Yesterday two Of the five places were still
untitled, and the President was still waiting
to hear from two men in regard to them.
There have been about five or six hundred
applications, aud among them as many re
publicsnS as democrats In making his
selection of the two republicans the Presi-
dent, 1t is said, has really had q better list TO
select from than that provided by the appii
cants OF his own party. It's said that the
reason why Mr.. Cleveland has so long de-
iayed action in the matter is that he has
been extremely DESTROYS Of making such
criticism.
some sections OF the Interstate Commerce.
bill were SO vaguely worded that nobody
could tell what they meant. 1t has beer
discovered that the Agricultural Expert
ment Station bill. although purporting to
make an appropriation. failed to do so. The
regular appropriation bills are found tc be
full Of clauses of doubtful meaning. The
trade dollar bin was so crude that there was
much doubt rs 10 the possibility of its exc
cution. The Anti.Polygamy act also is said
70 contain some lDe2plicaDle provisions, Dut
IL is not necessary to extend the list to show
that the Forty ninth Congress was guilty of
much slovenly legislation. The wording of
laws should at least be careful enough TO
AFFORD the administrative branch and the
people some chance of knowing what the
laws fer their government mean:
The democrats are divided as TO which of
trinity of their leaders is to blame for the
failures of the ~onsrsss VIII ch has just ex-
pired. Some blame the resident, some
blame Speaker Carlisle. and most OF them
blame MIR. Randall. the chairman Of the
great Appropriations Committee. The lat
ter did all he could to prevent legislation. 1t
is true. but he would have been powerless
had not Mr.. Carlisle exercised his autocrat.
ic power TO dofeat and delay measures
proper and necessary to be passed. He
could have recognized some one to make a
motion to suspend the rules and pass certain
measures of pressing importance, but he de-
feated them by refusing to do so. and he re-
fused to do SO because he was opposed to
them.